Sustainability

Environmental indicators

Measuring our performance

While the coil coating process is the most efficient and cleanest means of painting metal surfaces, the industry recognises that there are impacts from our processes. As a responsible industry, we need to measure these impacts and improve upon them.

The first annual ecca Environmental Indicators survey of European coil coaters was undertaken in 2008. The survey covered over half of the European coil coating capacity and provided benchmark data against the following important environmental impacts: